Bigsby Protocol

frankus · October 2013

What other guitar part has components from a Harley Davidson?

I rest my käse.

stickyfiddle · October 2013

Bigsbys are awesome on Gretches, Telecasters, Les Pauls and ES335s (and associated family) and awful on everything else.

Phil_aka_Pip · October 2013

stickyfiddle said:

Bigsbys are awful on everything.

edited for accuracy

Jalapeno · October 2013

Bigsbys are for Gretsch only (and the Gibson Johnny-A), vile elsewhere.

ROOG · October 2013

So.......can I conclude from the assembled throng of contributors above that it's OK for me not to like Bigsbys and to say so publicly?

Jalapeno · October 2013

ROOG;47823" said:
So.......can I conclude from the assembled throng of contributors above that it's OK for me not to like Bigsbys and to say so publicly?

Hell yeah, an be prepared for the associated Faceplams from the retro-fetishists.

Col_Decker · October 2013

You'll be getting a face palm from me, and not an ironic one either. No sir it will be the full Picard.

frankus · October 2013

... all of which are perjorative terms for people who might just politely disagree.

honestly - Bigsby fans like Bigsbys - that doesn't make them haters of anything else.

It might be possible for Bigsby fans to be haters of something else but there's no rule that they've got to be both.

If you don't like a Bigsby - all the more for the rest of us who do... make a habit of saying it and that kinda makes you a hater

ROOG · October 2013

frankus said:

... all of which are perjorative terms for people who might just politely disagree.

honestly - Bigsby fans like Bigsbys - that doesn't make them haters of anything else.

It might be possible for Bigsby fans to be haters of something else but there's no rule that they've got to be both.

If you don't like a Bigsby - all the more for the rest of us who do... make a habit of saying it and that kinda makes you a hater

"Hate" that's a strong expression, I "hate" very little, I'm an easy going bod, with eclectic taste and a tolerant nature. (Sorry still looking for a suitable emoticon!)

EDIT found one

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frankus · October 2013

Anything you feel the need to express frequently isn't a mild emotion

Haters is a term - I'm looking for the right image to convey this...

Sporky · October 2013

frankus said:

honestly - Bigsby fans like Bigsbys - that doesn't make them haters of anything else.

It might be possible for Bigsby fans to be haters of something else but there's no rule that they've got to be both.

Are you saying that all elephants are pillar boxes now? Honestly, I can't follow a word you say.

frankus · October 2013

I thought I said "blessed are the cheesemakers.."

Sporky · October 2013

What do cheese graters have to do with this? This isn't a self-defence discussion!

ROOG · October 2013

So now it needs a "cheese grater" ?

Sporky · October 2013

I have no idea where you lot came up with all this cheese grater nonsense.

frankus · October 2013

it's for the grater good.

Jalapeno · October 2013

Just in käse (I noticed Frank)

Paul_C · October 2013

I like Bigsbys, though I have never owned a guitar equipped with one.

ICBM · October 2013

frankus said:

What other guitar part has components from a Harley Davidson?

Actually not a Bigsby... the spring on the original was probably an Indian motorcycle clutch pedal spring, according to someone I know who is into vintage Indian motorcycles. Paul Bigsby worked for Crocker Motorcycles which was an offshoot of Indian, before he went into the musical instrument business.

johnnyurq · October 2013

frankus said:

it's for the grater good.

This discussion is grating on me now.

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